Beating a Dead Horse

[duke1234]

Since no one with more talent than me has taken up the task of building a new model to replace the replacement for MSTS's HHP8. I decided to take a wack at up-scaling the texture map for Thomas Caine's HHP8 (Which in itself it just a rescaled KUJU default model. So far I bumped up the map to 2048x2048 (from 512x512) and have started removing all the photography based textures for custom hand drawn replacements.

The high resolution allowed me to replace the side vents with real fine grates that better match the prototype. If this unit is well received, Ill be sure to have the Acela Express set next on my list!

It still has a lot of work to go, but here it is in all its "glory". Let me know if you have feed back or concerns! I will be releasing this here when it is complete.

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[amtrak115]

you ought to do one without the pentagraphs and in today's livery as I saw they are being resurrected as cab cars for regional service

[qballbandit]

Nice job!

[EvolutionMan]

Interesting idea.

You might want to consider this file here: https://www.trainsim.com/forums/file...leid?fid=80486
It's a more realistically scaled version of the same model.

[duke1234]

That's the earlier version of the model I am working with. It's actually a modified model of the original Kuju unit interestingly. Looks like I will have the pack ready for upload by the end of the week. Let yall judge for yourselves. I'm also working on some cab cars.